bush and barack obama. is currently being of the joseph corbett old school of international studies at denver university. ambassador hill is a grim number of the foreign service and his prior appointments include u.s. ambassador to iraq from 2009-2010, and u.s. ambassador to the republic of korea. on february 14, 2005, he was named as head of the u.s. delegation for six-party talks on the north korean nuclear issue. previously ambassador hill served as u.s. ambassador to poland from 2000-2004, u.s. ambassador to republic of macedonia, 96-99, and special envoy to kosovo from 98-99. he also served as special assistant to the president and senior director for south european affairs on the national security council. ambassador hill received the state department's distinguished service award for his contribution as a member of the u.s. negotiating team in the bosnia peace settlement, and was a recipient of the robert s. frazier award for peace negotiations for his work on the kosovo crisis. prior to joining the